Equine Reproduction

Now in a much-anticipated two-volume new edition, this gold-standard reference stands as the most comprehensive and authoritative text on equine reproduction. Serving theriogenologists, practitioners and breeders worldwide as a one-stop resource for the reproductive assessment and management of equine patients, Equine Reproduction, Second Edition provides information on examination techniques, breeding procedures, pregnancy diagnosis and management, reproductive tract diseases and surgery, and foaling. New topics include nutritional and behavioral factors in the broodmare and stallion, parentage testing, fetal sexing and the health and management of older foals, weanlings and yearlings.

Angus O. McKinnon, BVSc, MSc, Diplomate ACT and ABVP, Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital, Victoria, Australia

Edward L. Squires, BS, MS, PhD, Executive Director of the Gluck Equine Research Foundation, Research Professor, Department of Veterinary Science, M.H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Wendy E. Vaala, VMD, Diplomate ACVIM, Senior Equine Technical Service Veterinarian, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, Alma, WI

Dickson D. Varner, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT, Professor and Pin Oak Stud Chair of Stallion Reproductive Studies, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

The Mare
Anatomy
Physiology and Endocrinology
The Estrous Cycle
Behavior
Nutrition
Management of the Transitional Mare
Techniques in Reproductive Examination
Diagnostic Ultrasonography
Pharmacological Manipulation of Reproduction
Diseases of the Uterus
Diseases of the Ovary
Problems of the Cervix
Problems of the Mammary Glands
Pregnancy, Parturition and the Puerperal Period
Problems of Pregnancy
Female Urogenital Surgery
Other Equids
General Interest
The Stallion
Anatomy, Physiology and Endocrinology
Management
Sexual Behavior
Semen Collection and Evaluation
Reproductive Examination
Surgical Procedures
Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Semen
Oocytes
Embryos
Future Technologies
Foal, Weanling and Yearling
Prepartum Assessment of the Foal
Foal Adaptation to Parturition
Postpartum Fetal Assessment
Postpartum Fetal Assessment
Problems of the Immediate Post-Partum Period
System Disorders - Immune, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Nervous, Urogenital, Gastrointestinal, Musculoskeletal, Integument, Ocular, Endocrinological
Specific Diagnostic and Management Techniques
Problems of Older Foals, Weanlings and Yearlings
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